BASEBALL

Pfeiffer Baseball Camp Brings Elite Coaching Staffs to Work With Area Youth

September 10, 2013

MISENHEIMER,
N.C. – Pfeiffer
University baseball coach Dusty Blake will be holding a pitching clinic on
November 16 from 8:30-5:00 p.m. The Pitching 360 Clinic is for kids ages 10-17
and features coaches from North Carolina, Duke, Virginia Tech, UNC-Asheville
and Wofford, as well as the Pfeiffer coaching staff.

The one-day clinic gives campers the
opportunity to work with some of the best pitching coaches in the area during
this in-depth pitching tutorial. Campers will watch film, throw bullpen
sessions, go through a binder of pitching information, and work hand-and-hand
with Division I and II coaches. Athletes will also work with a strength and
conditioning coach and nutritionist who has worked with the top pro baseball
players from the Carolinas.

Duke Head Coach Chris Pollard will be
present. Pollard was Pfeiffer’s head coach from 2000-2004 before moving to
Appalachian State and then become the Blue Devils’ manager. Pollard guided
Pfeiffer to 41 wins in 2004, a school record. Pollard coached the Mountaineers
to six straight 30-win seasons.

Also present will be Robert Woodward,
Virginia Tech pitching coach. The
Charlotte native finished 34-5 as a Tar Heel pitcher with a perfect 22-0 record
at Boshamer Stadium. A three-time All-ACC pick, Woodard is the only pitcher in
Carolina history to rank in the career top 10 in wins, winning percentage,
innings pitched and strikeouts. He also ranks among top 10 in Atlantic Coast
Conference history in victories and innings pitched. Woodward would go on to be
drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 20th round.

On top of Pollard and Woodward, UNC
Associate Head Coach/Pitching Coach Scott Forbes will work with the young
hurlers. Forbes was named the College Baseball newspaper’s 2008 National
College Pitching Coach of the Year.